Article · Lorraine Watry Studio
Watercolor Techniques for Creating Children's Book Illustrations
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2019
About this lesson
Lorraine Watry demonstrates a layered watercolor workflow for a children's book page: starting with value sketches for light direction, building color through glazes, choosing granular pigments like Tiger's Eye Genuine for texture, and darkening corners with Indigo to direct the eye.
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